Can you "add" a new nation?

Appleby · #1 August 8th, 2006, 08:34 AM

Is this possible? Or is there a way of doing this simpley through some other way?

thatguy96 · #2 August 8th, 2006, 09:50 AM

It is possible to create "new" nations by choosing a nation with similar basic experience and morale and then completely overhauling the Obat. You can edit rank and name text using notepad in order to further change how the nation appears in game. The only thing I haven't see how to do is change the flags as they appear in game, but I suspect this is hard coded somewhere.

Double_Deuce · #3 August 8th, 2006, 12:18 PM

IIRC the flags can be done as well.

Appleby · #4 August 8th, 2006, 08:33 PM

So I would have to sacrifice one of the existing nations?

thatguy96 · #5 August 8th, 2006, 11:05 PM

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Double_Deuce said:
IIRC the flags can be done as well.

Do you know how this is done?

And yes, I think that nations are hard-coded so that if you were looking to add another nation you'd have to sacrifice an existing one. Note that the "Green" and "Red" nations are easy immediate choices.

JagdtigerPL · #6 August 9th, 2006, 03:53 AM

Where is Byelarus ??!!

PlasmaKrab · #7 August 9th, 2006, 09:28 AM

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JagdtigerPL said:
Where is Byelarus ??!!

In theory, Belarus is what you'll get by using the "red" OOB against Poland or Ukraine. The names should fit more or less, and after 1990-91 the equipment will be broadly coherent (maybe add some captured Russian T-64s?).

PlasmaKrab · #8 August 9th, 2006, 09:33 AM

More to the initial point, no nation can be added to the list, so yes, if you want to create another nation, you will have to sacrifice an existing one.
One thing cannot be changed though, that's the in-game country name and the start and end dates. These values are hard-coded and could possibly be changed only by hacking the .exe binary, at your own risk.

On the other hand, you can edit the .obf files (the Mobhack.ini file allows you to edit MOBHack's internal country list, which should be easier wen working on it), the ranks, names and the various flags can be extracted and replaced from some .lbm file in the 'graphics' folder.

Double_Deuce · #9 August 9th, 2006, 09:52 AM

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thatguy96 said:

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Double_Deuce said:
IIRC the flags can be done as well.

Do you know how this is done?

EDITED: I found them and they are some of MKSheppard's work! They are over at SZO in this THREAD. Scroll to posts # 8, 9 and 17.

thatguy96 · #10 August 9th, 2006, 03:55 PM

Okay, so if can be done, but how do you do it?